Russell Henley may have taken top honors at the 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational, but it is safe to say that Corey Conners left Bay Hill very happy as well. The Canadian can now sleep easy knowing that his ticket to Northern Ireland for the 151st Open Championship is already secured.The Arnold Palmer Invitational is one of 11 tournaments that make up the Open Qualifying Series (OQS) and the first of four such events on the PGA Tour. The top-ranked player in these tournaments, who is not otherwise exempt, wins a spot in the field for the fourth major of the season.That honor went to Conners this weekend, thanks to his solo 3rd place finish at Bay Hill. The two players who bested him, champion Russell Henley and runner-up Collin Morikawa, had already secured their places at Royal Portrush in July."It's fantastic," Conners told the media about his Open qualification. "I think it was the only major that I wasn't qualified for yet and it feels awesome to get my spot there. There was a little question mark on my summer travel plans because of that, but I'm excited to get back to Royal Portrush, really liked playing there in 2019."This will be Conners' sixth consecutive appearance in The Open Championship, making his debut at the event in 2019 when it was played at the same venue that will host the event in 2025. The Canadian has missed only one cut, and his best finish has been a tie for 15th in the 2021 edition.Conners' performance at the Arnold Palmer Invitational included rounds of 69, 70, 69 and 71 for a 9-under 279. His third-place finish this weekend ties his best result at Bay Hill, as he also tied for third in 2021 when he shot 8-under 280.The OQS will have three more tournaments on the PGA Tour schedule. These are the Memorial Tournament in May, the RBC Canadian Open in June and the Genesis Invitational in July, just one week before the tee-off at Royal Portrush.The following is the list of qualified players for The Open Championship 2025, updated as of March 10, 2025. Aberg, Ludvig An, Byeong Hun Ballester, Jose Luis (a) Bezuidenhout, Christiaan Bhatia, Akshay Bradley, Keegan Brown, Daniel Canter, Laurie Cantlay, Patrick Cink, Stewart Clanton, Luke (a) Clark, Wyndham Clarke, Darren Conners, Corey Curtis, Ben DeChambeau, Bryson Duval, David Fichardt, Darren Finau, Tony Fitzpatrick, Matt Fleetwood, Tommy Guerrier, Julien Hamilton, Todd Harman, Brian Harrington, Padraig Hastings, Justin Hatton, Tyrrell Henley, Russell Hojgaard, Rasmus Horschel, Billy Hoshino, Rikuya Hovland, Viktor Im, Sungjae Imahira, Shugo Johnson, Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnston, Ryggs Jordan, Matthew Kirk, Chris Koepka, Brooks Langasque, Romain Lawrence, Thriston Lawrie, Paul Leishman, Marc Leonard, Justin Lowry, Shane Luck, Curtis MacIntyre, Robert Manassero, Matteo Matsuyama, Hideki McIlroy, Rory McKibbin, Tom Mickelson, Phil Migliozzi, Guido Molinari, Francesco Morikawa, Collin Naidoo, Dylan Newman, Bryan Niemann, Joaquin Norgaard, Niklas Olesen, Thorbjorn Oosthuizen, Louis Pavon, Matthieu Peake, Ryan Pendrith, Taylor Penge, Marco Rose, Justin Rozner, Antoine Schauffele, Xander Scheffler, Scottie Scott, Adam Smith, Cameron Smith, Jordan Soderberg, Sebastian Spieth, Jordan Stenson, Henrik Straka, Sepp Suh, Justin Svensson, Jesper Theegala, Sahith Thomas, Justin Wallace, Matt Waring, Paul Woods, Tiger More Golf: Xander Schauffele Gets Real on His Play With The PLAYERS on Horizon